Genocide: WAC Recommends Armenia to Appeal to UN International CourtSeptember 19, 2006 - 15:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "I would like to indicate the steps that should be taken in our opinion to solve the problem of recognition of the Armenian Genocide," President of the Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) and the World Armenian Congress (WAC) Ara Abrahamyan stated during the Armenia-Diaspora Third All-Armenian Forum. It is evident that the only opportunity to attain international and legal conclusion on responsibility for the crime is a decision of an international competent forum or international court. Protracting the solution of that issue is not in line with interests of Armenia, Turkey or superpowers, Abrahamyan noted.In his words, the expert group at WAC has recommended that the Government of Armenia appeal to the UN International Court on the basis of article IX of the Convention of Preventing Genocide Crime and Punishment for It. The appeal to the International Court cannot be considered as hostile action and cannot entail negative political consequences for Armenia, Ara Abrahamyan stated. To the contrary, it can put an end to the past, which darkened relations with Turkey for decades. "Unfortunately, we did not get a response to our proposal up to now. The issue is to all appearance under consideration by the MFA still," the UAR President said. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |